Steve_Roamer Wrote:
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> Mitch Wrote:
>
> > Well thought out Steve. Curious though, have
> you
> > ever been trained in firearms?
>
> No, I haven't. And I don't want to be. Ever. This
> has never been part of my cultural or social
> background. In my view proliferation of firearms
> is just simply not part of the solution.
>
> In a country where all have the right to bear
> arms, I can understand why you and your wife
> "sleep 100x better at night" knowing you have
> ready access to firearms. I sleep just fine in a
> country where very few people have them, and fewer
> still with semi-automatics. That is the
> fundamental difference.
>
> Number of school shootings in NZ? Zero Mitch.


Steve, correct about gun violence in NZ however you guys are ranked higher than the US in assault, rape and suicide(WTF? NZ leads the world in suicide).

http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/New-Zealand/United-States/Crime